Noah Lyles Makes Bold Plans to Race More in 2027 and 2028 After Missing Ultimate Championships
Lyles, 29, ended his season with a hamstring strain and is working the Ultimate Championship as its MC. He told reporters Tuesday that the two years before Los Angeles are for chasing American records.
Track and Field
Is Fractional Utilization Overrated? What 35 Studies Say About VO2 Max
A closer look at one of endurance training’s favorite numbers—and why it might not mean what you think.
Run Long Run Healthy
Megan Eckert Ran Her First Race in 2016 and Now Holds the Six-Day World Record
She was 30 at that first race, a half-marathon in San Antonio. Nine years and nine months later she covered 636.482 miles in 144 hours in Hungary, a distance no woman had reached and nobody in the men’s field came within 50 miles of.
Elite Runners
Toronto Waterfront Marathon Names an Elite Field Aimed at Its Course Record
Three men entered for Oct. 18 own personal bests under 2:07, and Uganda’s Stephen Kissa has run quicker than the course record itself.
Race Coverage
Tom Evans Beat Tom Pidcock and His Mountain Bike to the Top of Snowdon
Red Bull sent an ultrarunner and a double Olympic mountain bike champion up the same 7 kilometers of Yr Wyddfa, and Evans was gone inside the last 2 kilometers.
Trail and Ultras
Megan Eckert Breaks Her Own Six-Day World Record in Hungary
Eckert covered 636.482 miles (1,024.319k) in 144 hours at Balatonfüred, the first woman past 1,000 kilometers in six days. No man in the field finished within 83 kilometers of her.
Jessy Carveth
The Formula for Predicting Your Perfect Marathon Pace
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Podcast
4,500 Liters of Wine Went Out on the Course at the World’s Drunkest Marathon
Florian Laplanche won in 2:26:45 and Céline Mérel in 2:54:38 on a course with roughly 20 wine tastings, 18,000 oysters and a prize paid out in bottles.
Race Coverage
The World Athletics Ultimate Championship Starlists Are Out, And Some Big Names Are Missing
World Athletics published its final entry lists on Monday. Noah Lyles, Faith Kipyegon, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Lilian Odira are all out, and 13 men in the 1,500m have broken 3:31 this season.
Track and Field
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